This according to analysis by think tank The High Pay Centre and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which listed the salaries of FTSE 100 CEOs.

Among the very top is a little-known Swedish executive: Erik Engström, CEO of the London-based analytics firm RELX Group.

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With an annual salary of 117 million Swedish krona, or more than 10 million pounds ($14 m), Engström ranks fifth on a list topped by Sir Martin Sorrell, the CEO of PR giant PR-WPP. Sorrell earned more than half-a-billion SEK last year ($65 million). Engström came just behind fourth-ranked CEO of partly Swedish firm Astra Zeneca, Pascal Soirot ($18 m).

Engström earned his degrees from Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard, and he’s held many notable positions at companies including McKinsey. In 2009, Engström was appointed the CEO of Reed Elsevier – today known as RELX Group.

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RELX Group, which posted a turnover of more than $9 billion USD in 2016, provides information and analytics in four market segments including scientific, technical and medical; and risk and business analytics.